Otto Loewi | |
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| Born | June 3, 1873 |
| Died | December 25, 1961 (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
| Known for | Acetylcholine |
| Spouse |
Guida Goldschmiedt
(m. 1908; died 1958) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pharmacology, Psychobiology |
| Institutions | University of Vienna University of Graz |
Otto Loewi (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈløːvi] ; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961)[4] was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.[5] Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London.
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- ^ a b Dale, H. H. (1962). "Otto Loewi 1873-1961". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8: 67–89. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1962.0006. S2CID 73367459.
- ^ Haider, Bilal (September 2007). "The War of the Soups and the Sparks: The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute Over How Nerves Communicate". The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 80 (3): 138–139. ISSN 0044-0086. PMC 2248292.